Roy Oppenheim

Roy Oppenheim Quick Facts

Roy D. Oppenheim is the co-Founder and Senior Partner of Oppenheim Pilelsky, P.A., a Weston-based AV-rated firm which has practice areas in real estate transactions and litigation, corporate law, and commercial litigation.  Roy founded Oppenheim Law more than 29 years ago with his wife, attorney Ellen Pilelsky, and uniquely positions the Florida law firm as one of Florida's leading law firms in Fort Lauderdale/Weston, Florida. Serving national, international, and local clients, Oppenheim Law reports the highest rating (A-V) conferred by Martindale Hubbell Law Directory, the most respected directory of lawyers and law firms in the U.S. Prior to starting the firm, Roy worked for Milbank Tweed in New York and White & Case in Miami, following which he served as general counsel to ShopSmart Corp. He also served on the Board of Directors for Catalina Lighting Inc., which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Over the years, he has garnered a number of accolades, including repeated recognition as one of the Best Lawyers in America and successive recognition in Marquis’ Who’s Who in America Law.  Roy is also an author, having co-authored two law review articles pertinent to foreclosure defense:

• The Emperor's New Clothes: How the Judicial System and the Housing Mortgage Market Have Turned a Blind Eye to the Destruction of the Negotiability of Mortgage Promissory Notes, Wm & Mary L. Rev. (Spring 2015).

• Deconstructing The Black Magic of Securitized Trusts: How The Mortgage-Backed Securitization Process is Hurting the Banking Industry’s Ability to Foreclose and Proving the Best Offense for a Foreclosure Defense, 41 Stetson Law Review 45 (2012).

Roy is also the founder and Vice-President of Weston Title & Escrow, Inc., a full-service title company that is the oldest title company in the City of Weston. Weston Title has closed more than $1.7 billion in transactions.  Weston Title has represented and handled closings for numerous, prominent developers in the South Florida area, including Arvida, Windmill Reserve, Landmark Ranch Estates, and Terra Group, and has also represented most of the high-end builders of Weston. Roy’s title work experience extends beyond Florida, as he is a licensed title insurance agent in the State of New York. 

Roy was a co-founding member, and then general counsel, of the Weston Chamber of Commerce, and also served on the Charter Review commission of the City of Weston.  He also served an instrumental role in the establishment of the B’nai Aviv Synagogue of Weston; he was a founding member, a director, and also served as a President. Roy was also a prominent member of the Weston Democratic, having served as a co-founder, member, general counsel, and also president of the Weston Democratic Club. For years, he also served on the Community Relations Council of the North Broward Hospital District.

Roy is a very prominent blogger, and is the founder and publisher of The South Florida Law Blog.  Through the blog, he keeps the public up to date to critical developments in the South Florida real estate arena. Roy understands the power of social media, and can be found on a variety of social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. 

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